Edmonton police investigate suspicious death in Alberta Avenue

Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man in north-central Edmonton.

Police were called to a “trouble not known” complaint at a home in the area of 118th Avenue and 95A Street at around 9:40 p.m. Wednesday.

Police said they found a 37-year-old man dead inside the Alberta Avenue home.

An autopsy conducted Friday determined William Foulkes died of a gunshot wound. Police said the manner of his death is being withheld at this time.

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EPS homicide detectives have taken over the investigation “due to the suspicious circumstances surrounding the man’s death,” police said in a news release Friday morning.

Police believe Foulkes died sometime between Monday and Wednesday evening.

Police are asking anyone with information on Foulkes’ death, or anyone who had contact with him recently, to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.

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